PRODUCE PRICE LIST UPDATED!

The produce price list has been updated to include Roche Bros! Hopefully Hannaford's and BJ's will be coming soon as well! The link is on the right side bar. Or if you are too lazy to find it, click HERE. Overall, I think Roche Bros has pretty high prices compared to other stores - but their quality seems to be very high. I bought some grapes there today and they were a hundred times better than those at Stop & Shop!

PRODUCE PRICE LIST UPDATED!

Celeste from Itty Bitty Bistro and I have teamed up to bring you a price list of what local supermarkets charge for fresh fruits and vegetables.  We so far have a good list of Stop & Shop, Shaw's, and Whole Foods.  Click HERE to see it!

I'm actually really into this for some odd reason.  It's a work in progress up I'm hoping to scope out Roche Bros. and Hannaford's this week too.  Celeste is the official "Organic Correspondant."  

Just a reminder, the prices I get for these items come from grocery stores south of Boston.  Prices Celeste gets are from the MetroWest region.  There is a direct link to this spreadsheet on the righthand side of my page under my grocery spending in case you want to come back to this at all.  

Bargain Becky Does A Research Project!

Since the New Year, I've really been paying attention to the price of milk, eggs and bread.  Stuff you can't really score coupons for.  Well I was thinking about the prices of fresh fruits and veggies - and having a little motivation from my friend Celeste at Itty Bitty Bistro, I scouted out our two big New England grocery stores to see what the prices were for fresh fruits and veggies!  

Click HERE to see my shocking findings of what the "normal" prices are for fruits and vegetables at Shaw's, Stop & Shop, some Roxie's and eventually BJ's.

Here's some info on my "project":

-  I recorded prices at a Stop & Shop in a more affluent community.  The Shaw's I recorded at was in more of a working class community.  

-  I recorded all REGULAR prices of popular fruits and veggies.  I did start some basic meat, but forgot to track at Shaw's last night.  I'll be there again by week's end so I'll update then.  

-  I talked previously about only buying fresh veggies and fruits when they are in season and on sale.  But honestly, I had ZERO idea of what "normal" prices were for these things.  I mean, I just bought 3 1 lbs containers of Strawberries on sale for $1.67 ea.  For all I knew, the normal pricing of these could have been $1.79 and I wasn't saving a whole lot.  But now I know!

-  I recorded all standard quality - no organics.  

-  All prices are recorded by pound, except where noted.  Like Cantaloupes, Pineapples, Cucumbers, Lettuce and Blueberries are all by item or container.  

-  I was honestly shocked that overall, Stop & Shop's regular prices on fresh produce are lower than Shaw's.

-  This is a good list to keep to compare to sale prices.  For instance, this week, I think both Shaw's and Stop & Shop have cabbage on sale for 25 cents a pound.  Normally cabbage is 69 cents a pound!  What a savings!  

-  Remember that your stores could be different.  I live south of Boston and these are probably pretty accurate for the Boston Metro region.  I always thought the prices in "higher class" communities were higher, but my little experiment proved otherwise.  At least for here.  Or maybe S&S just has lower prices like they boast!  

- I hope to get on the ball and research BJ's - but most of the time at BJ's I find that I do not need 10 lbs of potatoes or 10 lbs of oranges.  I'd rather spend a little more per pound to get a quantity that suits our family.  

-  I hope to update in a couple months.  It's actually kind of fun to walk around the produce department with my kids and talk about fruit.  It's like a free field trip.  We're weird though.